To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website

The Newtoundland Quaiterly.
Vol. XII.—No. 1.
JULY, 1912.
40 cents per year.
Ireland from Sea to Sea—From Dublin to Galway.
B7 Tbc Rt Hob. Sir Uwtri Morris, P. C, Prime MiniiUr.
EVRt SylAKt, liAlWAV.
HEN in England last year, I was invited by the GaUay Trans Atlantic Port Committee to meet them al Galway lor the purpose ol examining the site of the proposed harbour works, as well as to accept an invitation from the Committee to attend a luncheon which they were good enough to tender me. I might here mention thai the object of the Committee is to inaugurate a great national and imperial port at the capital of Coniiaught, which IS to be the terminal port for the proposed trans Atlantic service, from Ireland to Canada via Newfoundland
A(ter spending two very pleasant days with my friend Mr. Robert Worthinglon, the Engineer who promoted the Rosslare and Fishguard route, at his hospitable, home Salmon Pool, Dublin, we started on a glorious summers morning to cross Ireland from East to West.
Though in Ireland on four different occasions, 1 had never been to thai wild west, to view the enchanting scene of moun- Uin and loth, fjord and Allantic seaboard, that Connemara and Achill have 10 offer the traveller.
From Dublin to Galway the distance by rail is ab..iit us miles which we covered in three and a half hours We tiavelled from Dublin on the Midland Great Western Railway m the Royal Saloon carriage which was attached to the tram which left Dublin at 9 45 » ">¦ ^very bit of the road covered m the three and a half hours run is ftll of interest
As you leave Dublin you pass the O'Connell monu¬ ment in Glasnevin cemetery, and the Wellington monument in Phienix Park. The coun¬ try surrounding Dublin is ol a most beautiful character, heavily wooded and park like, with lovely villas and pic¬ turesque cottages hidden amongst the trees.
Fifteen miles on the road from Dublin is Maynooth College, which plays so large a part as a great educational institution. The buildings, which are of a very impres¬ sive character, were, I think, designed by the great Irish architect Pughin.
F'ive leagues further on, the Boyne Water is crossed, and from this on, the first indications of bog are seen. Several kinds of bog may be observed, red and brown, but particularly black. I might say thai from a point about thirty miles from Dublin until we arrived at (lalway, we never left the bog. The people were busily engaged culling and drying it and presented a very interesting spectacle. Just as one would see them making hay in this country, there were thousands of people working, and thousands of stacks of peal were carefully piled up. in all the processes of drying. •. •
It is in this part of the country, and not far from the line of railway, that the celebrated Clanmacnois is situated, remarkable (or the ruins of its castle, its histoncal Cathedral, and ORourke's round tower; and nearby the Nuns' church built in 1168 by the Princes Dervorgoil, wife of O'Rourke, Prince of Breffni. Everyone is familiar with Moore's lines commemoraling her elopement in 1152 with her former lover, Dermot McMurrough, King of Leinster, who was, however, forced to restore her, and the feud thus established in 1166 led McMurrough to seek the help of Henry II.. which brought about the invasion of Ireland by Strongbow:—
•• The valley lay smlUng before me, Wheie laiel) I led hei l>ehind : I trenibicd. and Homelhing hung o'er me Which sadden'd Ihe )o) of my mind."
Only a few miles from Aihlone on the road is Auburn, "the loveliest village of the plain ""—the scene of Goldsmith's " De- seiled Village." The name ol Auburn has, since Goldsmith's

The Newtoundland Quaiterly.
Vol. XII.—No. 1.
JULY, 1912.
40 cents per year.
Ireland from Sea to Sea—From Dublin to Galway.
B7 Tbc Rt Hob. Sir Uwtri Morris, P. C, Prime MiniiUr.
EVRt SylAKt, liAlWAV.
HEN in England last year, I was invited by the GaUay Trans Atlantic Port Committee to meet them al Galway lor the purpose ol examining the site of the proposed harbour works, as well as to accept an invitation from the Committee to attend a luncheon which they were good enough to tender me. I might here mention thai the object of the Committee is to inaugurate a great national and imperial port at the capital of Coniiaught, which IS to be the terminal port for the proposed trans Atlantic service, from Ireland to Canada via Newfoundland
A(ter spending two very pleasant days with my friend Mr. Robert Worthinglon, the Engineer who promoted the Rosslare and Fishguard route, at his hospitable, home Salmon Pool, Dublin, we started on a glorious summers morning to cross Ireland from East to West.
Though in Ireland on four different occasions, 1 had never been to thai wild west, to view the enchanting scene of moun- Uin and loth, fjord and Allantic seaboard, that Connemara and Achill have 10 offer the traveller.
From Dublin to Galway the distance by rail is ab..iit us miles which we covered in three and a half hours We tiavelled from Dublin on the Midland Great Western Railway m the Royal Saloon carriage which was attached to the tram which left Dublin at 9 45 » ">¦ ^very bit of the road covered m the three and a half hours run is ftll of interest
As you leave Dublin you pass the O'Connell monu¬ ment in Glasnevin cemetery, and the Wellington monument in Phienix Park. The coun¬ try surrounding Dublin is ol a most beautiful character, heavily wooded and park like, with lovely villas and pic¬ turesque cottages hidden amongst the trees.
Fifteen miles on the road from Dublin is Maynooth College, which plays so large a part as a great educational institution. The buildings, which are of a very impres¬ sive character, were, I think, designed by the great Irish architect Pughin.
F'ive leagues further on, the Boyne Water is crossed, and from this on, the first indications of bog are seen. Several kinds of bog may be observed, red and brown, but particularly black. I might say thai from a point about thirty miles from Dublin until we arrived at (lalway, we never left the bog. The people were busily engaged culling and drying it and presented a very interesting spectacle. Just as one would see them making hay in this country, there were thousands of people working, and thousands of stacks of peal were carefully piled up. in all the processes of drying. •. •
It is in this part of the country, and not far from the line of railway, that the celebrated Clanmacnois is situated, remarkable (or the ruins of its castle, its histoncal Cathedral, and ORourke's round tower; and nearby the Nuns' church built in 1168 by the Princes Dervorgoil, wife of O'Rourke, Prince of Breffni. Everyone is familiar with Moore's lines commemoraling her elopement in 1152 with her former lover, Dermot McMurrough, King of Leinster, who was, however, forced to restore her, and the feud thus established in 1166 led McMurrough to seek the help of Henry II.. which brought about the invasion of Ireland by Strongbow:—
•• The valley lay smlUng before me, Wheie laiel) I led hei l>ehind : I trenibicd. and Homelhing hung o'er me Which sadden'd Ihe )o) of my mind."
Only a few miles from Aihlone on the road is Auburn, "the loveliest village of the plain ""—the scene of Goldsmith's " De- seiled Village." The name ol Auburn has, since Goldsmith's